The Sky's the Limit: Passion and Property in Manhattan - Hardcover

Gaines, Steven

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0316608513 ISBN 13: 9780316608510

Publisher: Little, Brown and Company, 2005

Synopsis

An investigation into the secretive world of Manhattan luxury real estate and the lives of wealthy and celebrity residents offers insight into the workings of carriage-trade brokers, co-op boards, and the homes of such figures as Jerry Seinfeld, Barbra Streisand, and Tommy Hilfiger. By the author of Philistines at the Hedgerow.

About this title

About the Author:

Steven Gaines is the author of Philistines at the Hedgerow, Obsession and other books and numerous articles on pop culture. He lives in Wainscott, New York, located in the Hamptons.

From AudioFile:

Gaines reads his book about high-end Manhattan residential real estate with unflagging enthusiasm for conspicuous consumption and the sort of people who admire Donald Trump. He covers the business of real estate and the history of apartment-dwelling well, and the mixture of anthropological observation of the super-rich and sheer voyeurism makes the book compulsively listenable. While Gaines's subtle New York accent does fit the material, occasional mispronounced or dropped words and hard-to-endure attempts at a Southern accent are distracting. Bonus material includes most of the book's photos (in color), but photos of apartment interiors and a map would have been an enhancement. W.M. © AudioFile 2005, Portland, Maine-- Copyright © AudioFile, Portland, Maine

About this edition

• Publisher: Little, Brown and Company
• Publication date: 2005
• ISBN 10: 0316608513
• ISBN 13: 9780316608510
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 288